When Michael Vick agreed to a free-agent deal with the Jets last month, he immediately said Geno Smith would get to wear No. 7, the number Vick had famously worn since his college days at Virginia Tech.

The decision was a surprise, considering how much the No. 7 had been a part of Vick's identity. Clearly, Vick did not want his arrival to be perceived as an attempt to shunt Smith to the side completely. The two are going to compete for the job at quarterback, fair and square, may the best man win, but Smith gets to keep the number he had claimed by being here first.

That, of course, left Vick with another decision to make. In today's NFL, jersey numbers are bigger merchandising engines than personal identifiers. So what would Vick do? By Sunday night, he had narrowed it down to two finalists, at which point he asked for the public's help on Twitter:

#JetNation I'm down to my final 2 choices on which # I'm going to wear this season. 3 or 8? #HELP